Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-2000
Graduation
INV-1476
Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-20001948
Graduation
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000 →brush and inkdrawings (visual works)
Date
1948
Medium
Brush and black ink, over graphite, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
72 × 49.8 cm (28 3/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hartman
This drawing is one of six that Jacob Lawrence drew as illustrations for Langston Hughes’s 1947 book of poetry, One-Way Ticket. In its remarkable feeling for pattern and rhythm, the drawing has a symbiotic relationship with the poem.
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